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First Families Program to Accept Applications Starting
November 1, 2024

Does your family tree have deep roots in Tidewater?

 

If your ancestors resided in Norfolk County from 1636 to 1876, you may be eligible for membership in our genealogy program First Families of Norfolk County, Virginia. The First Families Program, sponsored by the Norfolk County Historical Society of Chesapeake, Virginia, provides a way to preserve your family history research as part of our genealogy collection and to honor your Norfolk County ancestors. 

 

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The NCHSC will begin accepting First Family applications on November 1, 2024. You will need to complete a First Families application and provide primary source documents to prove that your direct ancestor resided in Norfolk County, Virginia, between 1636 and 1876 and to verify your lineal descent. Applications will be reviewed using uniform genealogical standards by a committee of trained family historians.  Kickstart your research and be sure to stay tuned here for upcoming details in October. 

 

Approved applications and supporting source documents will be safely digitized and archived in our secured family history files in the Wallace Memorial History Room, located on the second floor of the Chesapeake Central Public Library at 298 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, Virginia. Members will receive a customized First Families Membership Certificate and Member Number, as well as entry on our official First Families of Norfolk County Roster. Membership presentations will be made at our quarterly membership meeting.

Find Our Publications on Amazon.com
& in the Wallace Room!

Buy many of our classic NCHSC publications via our 

Amazon Storefront Link.

Click here to see a list of our NCHSC publications. They cover a variety of historical topics -- from our county courts to the Battle of Great Bridge to our waterways and those who navigated them. 

 

Click here for a list of other publications and items for sale.  

Newsletters

Read past issues of our

NCHSC newsletter The Historian,
below:

Historic Reminiscing 
with Robert Hitchings

Find the reminiscing of our NCHSC Archivist/Historian and President here:

http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/history/rbhblogindex.html 

Event Calendar

September 2024

Closed

Aug 31 -- 3 Sept

NCHSC Board Meeting

Via ZOOM

10 Sept  7:00pm

NCHSC Membership Meeting

15 Sept  2:00pm

October 2024

Closed

14 Oct​

November 2024

NCHSC Fall Fundraiser

Cemetery Tours  

2 Nov   11:00am

3 Nov   11:00am

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Closed

5 Nov & 11 Nov

NCHSC Board Meeting

Via ZOOM

12 Nov  7:00pm

NCHSC Membership Meeting

17 Nov  2:00pm

Closed

 27 Nov -- 1 Dec

December 2024

Battle of Great Bridge Reenactment

8 Dec   10am – 4pm

9 Dec   10am -- 2pm

 

Closed

24 Dec  -- 2 Jan

 

Our phone number:   757-382-8408
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